PREAKNESS STREET CLOSURES: Jim Russ' Weekend Traffic Advisory

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Thursday, May 17, 2018
Jim Russ

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Traffic updates six time and hour during morning rush hour with Jim Russ and afternoons with Liz Drabick on WBAL Newsradio 1090. Find a traffic problem or need help, reach the Traffic Center by calling *AUTO on Verizon Wireless, or at 410-261-2309.

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Pimlico Road- ONE WAY NORTHBOUND from Ken Oak Road to Greenspring Avenue

Weekend and Week Ahead Road/Lane Closures

***NEW*** Anne Arundel County: DRAINAGE WORK – MD 450/Defense Highway just west of West Street/Generals Highway – ONE lane will be CLOSED on Sunday from 4 a.m. until 10 p.m. Traffic will get through one direction at a time at the discretion of the work crew.

***NEW*** Baltimore City: ROUTINE INSPECTION – Ramp from I-95 NORTHBOUND to Russell Street (Exit 52) – will be CLOSED on Saturday from 6 a.m. until 3 p.m. Additional work may take place on Sunday.

Baltimore/Anne Arundel County: BRIDGE REPLACEMENT – I-895/Harbor Tunnel Thruway BOTH WAYS between the I-695/Lansdowne and I-97/MD 2 (south of the Harbor Tunnel and the Steel Bridge) – RIGHT lane CLOSED around-the-clock. Crews are replacing the bridge deck, and the bridge superstructure in its entirety.

Caroline, Talbot and Queen Anne’s Counties: FINAL PAVING – MD 404 between US 50 and the town of Denton. Single lane and brief (no longer the five minutes) TOTAL CLOSURES, Mondays through Saturdays from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. through the end of May

Carroll County:VARIOUS PROJECTS –MD 30/Main Street between Lower Beckleysville Road and the northern traffic circle in Hampstead – ONE DIRECTION will be CLOSED on Mondays through Saturday from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Traffic will get by at the discretion of the work crew. Work should be completed by the winter of 2020.

Charles County, MD/King George County, VA:STRUCTURAL REPAIRS/STEEL WORK –US 301 at the Governor Harry Nice Bridge (Potomac River crossing at the MD/VA state line – ONE DIRECTION is subject to CLOSURE, weather permitting, at the following times:

Mondays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Overnights, Mondays through Thursdays from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning.

Traffic will get by ONE DIRECTION AT A TIME under the discretion and direction of the work crew.

Trucks greater than 10-feet wide and/or in excess of 80,000 pounds will NOT be allowed to cross the bridge during flagging operations without an escort. Every effort will be made to get these vehicles across the bridge from 8 – 8:30 a.m. and from 3:30 – 4 p.m.

Drivers of vehicles exceeding the width or weigh restriction must call 410-537-6800 no less than one hour prior to arrival at the bridge in order to obtain approval and schedule an escort. Calls will only be accepted between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Howard County: REPAVING – US 29 at US 40 and I-70 – ONE lane will be CLOSED overnights from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning, Sundays through Thursdays. Crews will work SOUTHBOUND and NORTHBOUND.

Howard County: REPAVING – Dorsey Run Road south of MD 32 – SINGLE lane and RAMP CLOSURES overnights from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning, Sundays through Thursdays.

Montgomery County: WATER MAIN WORK – US 29/Colesville Road between I 495/Capital Beltway and MD 97/Georgia Avenue. Up to TWO lanes will be CLOSED, Mondays through Fridays from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. and overnights, Sundays through Thursdays, from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning. Saturday lane closures are possible between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

***NEW*** Prince George’s County:MULTIPLE DRAW SPAN LIFTS –INNER and OUTER LOOPs of the Capital Beltway (I-95/I-495 NORTHBOUND and SOUTHBOUND) at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge – ALL LANES WILL BE CLOSED on Monday from 11:30 p.m. until 12 midnight.

Prince George’s County:BRIDGE REPAIRS –INNER LOOP of the Capital Beltway (I-95/I-495 SOUTHBOUND) at MD 450/New Carrollton – Up to THREE lanes will be CLOSED, overnights, Sundays through Thursdays from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning. Once finished on the INNER LOOP, crews will move to the OUTER LOOP. Repairs should be finished in late May.

Washington County: BRIDGE WIDENING – I-81 between the West Virginia/Maryland state line and MD 63/68 – ONE lane will be CLOSED, overnights, Sundays through Thursdays from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning. There may be brief, TOTAL CLOSURES between 12 midnight and 4 a.m.